Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League
Country	Tanzania
Confederation	CAF
Founded	1965
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Nyerere Cup
CAF cup(s)	Champions League Confederation Cup
Current champions	Simba SC (2010)

Tanzanian Premier League is the top division of the Football Association of Tanzania, it was created in 1965. The competition was simply known as national league and later First Division Soccer League until the name Premier league was adopted in 1997.

Format

Today the league consists of 12 teams playing a double round-robin. The champion qualifies for the CAF Champions League, the runner-up for the CAF Confederations Cup. The bottom three clubs are relegated to the first division.

Premier League (Ligi kuu Bara) 2011-12

• African Lyon (Dar es Salaam)
• Azam FC (Dar es Salaam)
• Coastal Union (Tanga)
• JKT Oljoro FC (Arusha)
• JKT Ruvu Stars (Dodoma)
• Kagera Sugar (Bukoba)
• Moro United (Morogoro)
• Mtibwa Sugar FC (Turiani)
• Polisi Dodoma (Dodoma)
• Ruvu Shooting (Coast)
• Simba SC (Dar es Salaam)
• Toto African (Mwanza)
• Villa Squad (Dar es Salaam)
• Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam)

Relegated in 2010/11

• Arusha FC (Arusha)
• Maji Maji FC (Songea)

Maji Maji also use the 60,000 capacity Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium.

Relegated in 2009/10

• Manyema Rangers (Dar es Salaam)
• Moro United (Morogoro)
• Prisons FC (Mbeya)

Previous winners

Previous champions are:

1965 : Sunderland (Dar es Salaam) 1966 : Sunderland (Dar es Salaam) 1967 : Cosmopolitans (Dar es Salaam) 1968 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1969 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1970 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1971 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1972 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1973 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 1974 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1975 : Mseto Sports (Dar es Salaam) 1976 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 1977 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 1978 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 1979 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 1980 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam)

1981 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1982 : Pan African FC (Dar es Salaam) 1983 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1984 : KMKM (Zanzibar) 1985 : Maji Maji FC (Songea) 1986 : Maji Maji FC (Songea) 1987 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1988 : Coastal Union (Tanga) 1989 : Malindi FC (Zanzibar) 1990 : Pamba (Mwanza) 1991 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1992 : Malindi FC (Zanzibar) 1993 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 1994 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 1995 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 1996 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam)

1997 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 1998 : Maji Maji FC (Songea) 1999 : Prisons FC (Mbeya) 2000 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 2001 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 2002 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 2003 : not awarded 2004 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 2005 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 2006 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 2007 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) [mini-league] 2007-08 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 2008-09 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam) 2009-10 : Simba SC (Dar es Salaam) 2010-11 : Young Africans FC (Dar es Salaam)

Performance by club

Club	Winners
Young Africans FC	18
Simba SC (includes Sunderland)	16
Maji Maji FC	3
Malindi FC	2
Pan African FC	2
Cosmopolitans	1
KMKM	1
Mseto Sports	1
Prisons FC	1
Pamba	1

Topscorers

Year		Best scorers	Team	Goals
2004		Abubakar Ally Mkangwa	Mtibwa Sugar FC
2005		Cisse Aadan Abshir	Simba SC	19
2006		n/a	n/a
2007		n/a	n/a
2007/08		Michael Katende	Kagera Sugar
2008/09		Boniface Ambani	Young Africans FC	18
2009/10		Musa Hassan Mgosi	Simba SC	18

External links

• tff.or.tz; League website at association's website
• Page at fifa.com; League standings & results
• RSSSF competition history